Both will be joining former Kent County judicial candidate Bryan Down, Esq. Attorney Bryan C. Downs has been a dedicated cyclist for the Equal Parenting Bike Trek in both 2008 and 2009. There are three confirmed cyclists for the 2010 Equal Parenting Bike Trek, with an additional select few who will be joining Robb, Robert and Bryan during the 700 + miles cycling trek for parental rights.

The 2010 Equal Parenting Bike Trek will be departing from Lansing Michigan and will pedal through both the Lower and Upper peninsulas of Michigan in support of a child's right to be loved, guided, nurtured and educated by both fit and willing parents.

Stay tuned for more information on this incredible equal parenting event!

June 14, 2009

I admit I have been completely baffled as to the complacency, laziness, and ignorance of the American public in general when it comes to becoming enlightened and educated, on any subject in general.

Case in point-at my place of employment-a unionized shop-recently a "petition" was circulated. All union members were expected to sign it. All it stated was some vague mention of the automotive restructuring plan, and an equally vague mention of saving American workers' jobs. No specifics at all.

I passed on signing it, and requested to speak with our union president about it-instead, a union committee person came to discuss the petition-the one responsible for circulating it. I asked her if she knew any specifics on it at all-basically to verify if the union leadership knew what they were circulating for signatures. She knew basically nothing of it, except for some news she had heard of "the bailout".

I inquired as to why the union leadership was circulating this, since they knew very little of it. I was told that the "international" president , with his team of lawyers, had asked all locals to get all their members signatures on this matter, and that she trusted them.

I then asked why she trusted these people, when they were the same ones who advocated voting for Obama for president, Granholm for governor of Michigan, and, in the past, Clinton for president. Observing all the damage these incompetents have inflicted upon the American public, trusting them would seem a very stupid thing to do, and the last thing that any responsible union leader should want to do.

At that point of the conversation, all I could think of was "baa baa-another blind sheep". The committee person was as blind as a sheep headed for its own demise, as are the union members who signed the petition without even knowing what they were signing , or the implications of doing so.

This is, literally, the blind and the ignorant leading the blind and the even more ignorant.

The committee person then asked why I was still bashing former President Clinton. She and I have had this talk before, but I repeated myself for her convenience. Former President Clinton, in my opinion, committed two of the worst acts against the people of the United States that anyone could have inflicted.

First, he signed the NAFTA agreement, which has cost hundreds of thousands of Americans their jobs, and has allowed American corporations to move outside of our borders to profit THEM, at the expense of the American worker.

Second, during his administration, Clinton supported the corruption and perversion of Social Security's Title IV-D. This program, originally intended to gather support dollars for children whose parents actually abandoned them, was changed to include ALL divorcing parents. This program would never recoup the expenses it cost without including the middle and upper classes in the bureaucracy, since so many of the other parents were unemployed or under-employed. This encouraged the states to label parents as "non-custodial" instead of "abandoning" in order to reap the billions of federal dollars flowing into the divorce industry, and pays them to destroy families and the lives of our children.

It is absolutely amazing that the American public continues to support politicians whose only answer to severe domestic and economic problems is to throw money at them. Many elected officials are guilty of this, but the Democrats are far ahead in doing so, in my opinion.

Their solutions always seem to be to increase government bureaucracy, line the pockets of whomever advises them of the problem, and then realize that to fund the new program, that taxes must be raised to cover the costs. They care not for the American people-the programs and the bureaucracy are all that matter to them!

So, fellow Americans, for all of our sakes, open your eyes, and see what their actions are doing to us. Don't blindly follow and believe their false and misleading rhetoric. If you continue to blindly follow along, you are doing precisely what they want you to do. They are methodically stripping Americans of our livelihood, our ability to pay our bills, they are taking away our fundamental and Constitutional rights, and are PREVENTING us from caring for and raising our children.

For you "sheeple", stop including the rest of us in your path of self-destruction. We want no part of it!

Others are awakening to their demise-which will you choose to do-remain a part of the problem(s), or become a part of those seeking the solutions to ending this destruction and abuse?

May 19, 2009

House Joint Resolution 42 is gaining serious momentum with 92 Congressional co-sponsors and counting! Are you a parent? It doesn't matter if you are a mother or a father here in the United States because all parents will lose the ability to parent their children if the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is passed in the United States. "Convention on the Rights of the Child" sounds so innocent and something that all might be fooled to support. In reality this will strip your ability to parent your children and all in the United States must parent to the UN's demands.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is also a serious threat to our Second Amendment Rights of LEGAL gun ownership. Read this article by Michael P. Ferris, J.D.on how the UNCRC will impact the rights of private gun ownership in America. Gun Owners of America already is listed as a supporter of H.J. Res. 42, however sadly the NRA (National Rifle Association) is not currently listed as a supporter. NRA members contact the NRA now and demand their support of H.J. Res. 42.

If your U.S. Representative is not on the list, please call or email them and urge them to become a sponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment (H.J. Res. 42). Find your Representative and demand their support as a voter!

Please tell everyone you know about the Parental Rights Amendment and ask for their ACTIVE support.

Thank you Rep. Pete Hoekstra for showing leadership as lead sponsor of H.J. Res. 42. Rep. Hoekstra is now running for Governorin the State of Michigan and should receive your support from all in the state of Michigan.

April 21, 2009

Depeche Mode fans celebrate - the much anticipated 12th studio album by Depeche Mode is now on sale in the United States! "Sounds of the Universe" has already received much praise by all the musical pundits such as:

2) USA Today- "...have enjoyed a level of enduring interest in their music matched by few bands. Their international sales exceed $100 million, and they have been cited by artists ranging from The Killers to Nine Inch Nails — and covered by Coldplay and Johnny Cash, to name two."

4) Newsday - A- "Depeche Mode has returned to its roots with impressive results."

The truth is that Depeche Mode fans and the band themselves truly stopped caring about what the pundits said quite a long time ago! No positive review could ever capture the meaning of Depeche Mode and their music to their devoted fan base.

Amazon.com has Depeche Mode's album already ranked at #7 overall in sales the night before its release which is quite incredible. There are numerous versions of this album:

April 15, 2009

Continuing with the fourth "best interest of the child" factor, factor (d) reads : "the length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment, and the desirability of maintaining continuity."

How can a judge possibly award this factor to a mom who has taken off from the marital home, with the kids (kidnapping), and is hiding in some "domestic violence" shelter while proclaiming all of her lies?

Regardless of where mom has "fled to", whether it be with a boyfriend at his place, her parents, an apartment, or a "shelter" of some sort, how can it possibly compare to the home environment the children have been in? This should be a no-brainer, but, again, this factor is one that the lawyers and judges can twist around to their liking, and make this factor fit into whatever the predetermined decision their friend of the court conciliator has made. It's time again for another judicial "rubber stamp".

This is no doubt a key reason so many fathers are tossed from their home if the wife/mother has not "fled for her life" with the false allegations, trumped up lies and concocted accusations at the local women's' safe place shelter. False allegations are more common than you might think.

Best Interests of the family courts budget? I would now like to continue with section (c), or the third "best interests of the child" criteria as defined in Michigan law. This reads: "the capacity and disposition of the parties involved to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care or other remedial care recognized and permitted under the laws of this state in place of medical care, and other material needs".

This basically comes down to whether a parent can provide the material things for his or her own child.....and this is the factor that is routinely handed to the custodial parent-AFTER they start receiving child support payments. It does NOT matter to your judge if the parent is employed, employable, or even is capable of actually taking care of the child(ren).

Another point arises here-exactly WHOM should be able to claim the child(ren) as dependent(s)-and whose dependents are they-it doesn't matter to the courts or to the government who actually PAYS for the actual support-it only matters to them WHO the child stays with OVERNIGHT-hence the reason that the courts keep the amount of time the child(ren) spend with the NCP to the barest minimum they can.

This is also where Social Security's Title IV-D comes in. You can run any good internet search engine and find a wealth of information on Title IV-D, but I will give you a brief and working summary of it.

Title IV-D was originally started as a Federal program to collect support funds from parents who had WILLFULLY and DELIBERATELY abandoned his or her children, and to help establish paternity of these abandoned children when necessary. Very noble-any parent who abandons his or her children should be tracked down, their wages garnished, and otherwise be treated as the fiend they are. This was implemented to recover the costs of placing the children/family on the old TANF program-TEMPORARY assistance.

HOWEVER....

Title IV-D has now been perverted, through the federal financial incentives, to include virtually ALL parents who divorce. A change in 1996, during the Clinton Administration, changed key wording from the "absent" parent to the "non-custodial" parent. This opened the door for the states, and their county court judges to make a parent the non-custodial, and rake in the federal grants and incentive bonuses from the feds.

Because of this greed, MILLIONS of parents, never on welfare rolls, have been forced from the lives of their child(ren) so their county and state can make a profit from that divorce and child custody fight.

Michigan alone collects MILLIONS of dollars yearly for this. The average yearly total for the states collectively-4.2 BILLION dollars, plus incentives worth another $428 MILLION in 2006 alone.

All of that, to reward the judges and other bureaucrats for removing a loving, capable, and fit parent from the lives of his or her children.

Of course, the NCP chosen is normally the one who can actually PAY the support-whomever has the larger paycheck is normally chosen. Yes, the number of mother NCP's is increasing, as the average salary of American women increases. The larger the support amounts, the more the states get in the financial incentives. The more divorcing parents they can indoctrinate into the system, the more they collect, and on, and on, and on.....

So, it matters not to the judges who can actually support the children after a divorce-their chosen and anointed one will be handed what (s)he needs, so factor (c) can be awarded to her (usually), just as in my personal case.

Continuing with the "best interests of the child" criteria in Michigan law, the second factor, or factor (b) reads: "the capacity and disposition of the parties involved to give the child love, affection, and guidance and to continue the education and raising of the child in his or her religion or creed, if any".

Capacity is defined as "the ability to perform or produce", while disposition is defined as "the power or ability to control, direct, dispose", or "one's usual mood temperament".

An average person would likely read this to mean that, in the parent under question, their usual "temperament" would be to show to their child love, affection, and give them proper guidance. Sounds good, doesn't it?

The problem is, attorneys and judges can twist this to their own liking. The average custody hearing lasts less than one hour of actual litigating and testimony. In that time, the judge will hear false accusations and misleading allegations mixed in with some of the truths. The attorneys and judges DON'T know you or your kids, and they don't want to. They want to rush you through the system, with the usual predetermined results. More on all of that yet to come.

Referring back to my personal matter-if anyone could have seen the looks on the faces of mydaughters, after their school musical, when they saw the blank, uninterested look on their mom's face. Her body language, and her words, expressed that she could not care less what, or how, they performed in the musical.

I believe that it is essential to promote a child's feeling of self-esteem, and build up their self-confidence. My daughters were literally bouncing off the walls and jumping for joy after their performance, and after my words of praise for them. Within seconds of being back with their mom, their feet shuffled, and the glee was gone.

The judge in our case figured my ex-wife, and myself, "equals" as far as factor (b) is concerned.

April 08, 2009

On to factor (h), "the home, school, and community record of the child". The only one of the three I have experienced personally so far is concerning my daughters' schooling.

A little over three years ago, I managed to wrangle a change in my scheduled hours of employment, and I immediately motioned for a "change of parenting time", to spend more time with my daughters. This was AFTER my oldest was held back, and repeated kindergarten.

The first hearing, in front of the court referee, resulted in HER REPRIMANDING ME FOR NOT BEING INVOVLED, AND MY DAUGHTER BEING HELD BACK. Now, keep in mind that it was THEIR ORDER that I NOT have enough time with my children to be involved and active enough with them to be able to effectively help with such things as homework and their education in general. This FEMALE referee is absolutely convinced that fathers are worthless, except as a source of money, and the mom alone should have complete and full control, regardless of the consequences.

Naturally I objected to her decision, and got in front of a real judge, who again, actually listened to the TRUTH and FACTS of the situation. I was "granted" the additional time with my daughters.

Please read that again....I was GRANTED the time with my daughters. A fit, able, willing, college-educated and employed father, and I was GIVEN the time by a judge who doesn't know me, my kids, has never met them, and likely never will.

Exactly when did judges become God??

My youngest is likewise having severe difficulties this year. A repeat of what ensued three years ago is on the horizon.

Concerning factor (i), "the reasonable preference of the child, if the court considers the child to be of sufficient age to express preference", I have no personal experience as of yet. From what I understand on this one, the child must be at least twelve, and when interviewed by the judge NO ONE else is allowed in chambers. I also have learned that the judge will NOT state the child's actual preference, leaving the door wide open for the family law court system to once again twist these factors whenever and however they please to reach the predetermined conclusion; a non-custodial father who is a visitor in the life of his child and a paycheck only, and a custodial mom who is handed full control of the children, regardless of the consequences.

March 27, 2009

Sounds nice, doesn't it? That sentence is from the MCL's-Michigan Compiled Law 722.23, which defines the "best Interests of the child" criteria, and is factor "a". The twelve factors are what Michigan judges currently use, in a child custody case, to decide which parent will be the custodial and which will be the non-custodial.

Why am I writing about this?

This was one of two factors I "lost" to my ex-wife in our child custody fight five years ago, when our county circuit court judge annointed her to be the best, and fit, parent to raise our only two children. More on that yet to come.

A few days ago, my daughters participated in their elementary school's spring musical-the first for my first-grader, complete with butterflies and all. My third-grader, now a veteran at these, took it all in stride.

About 500 folks were in the audience-proud parents, adoring grandparents, siblings, and others. Quite a task for the youngsters to go out in front of, and sing for. First, the first and second graders took the stage, and following their twenty minute performance, the third, fourth and fifth graders had the stage for their 25 minutes. After the performance, I went to the school's gymnasium to collect my two girls, where I gave both of them a big hug, a kiss on the cheek, and told them how proud I was of them.

We then went outside, where their mom was waiting for them. The musical occurred on one of my "parenting time" evenings, the time of which ended during the performance. Not only did she make no effort to go to the gymnasium and collect them, her only comment to them was, "I guess you did all right". No hug. No kiss. No statement to our daughters of how proud she was of them. Their maternal grandmother, who always tags along for everything, said and did absolutely nothing.

My point here is this. Re-read the title to this post-factor "a" of the Michigan law concerning the "best interests of the child" factor. You try to figure out why ANY impartial and non-biased judge would award that factor to a mom who acts this way towards her children. No loving and fit parent tells her children "I guess you did all right" after a school performance, do they?

We''ll get much deeper into the facts of how this all works. FOR THE COURTS, and AGAINST THE FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN.

March 23, 2009

"She told everyone that her husband had gone to the car races at Bathurst and never returned," Mr Hobart said.

"Chant dumped her husband's torso at a truck stop in Kiama, his arms and legs in the Georges River and his hands in a container that she filled with cement and dumped in a builders' bin in Menai, Mr Hobart said."

"She allegedly put his head in an esky, filled it with cement and buried it under a bird aviary in the backyard of her Revesby home, later disposing of it with the help of her son, Jamie Chant, who was then 19."

March 17, 2009

Most everyone seems to have a difficult time getting back into the "dating game" after a divorce. For those dads among us who have taken an active role in fighting the abuses of the family law court system pertaining to child custody post-divorce, this is even more of a challenge.

The reality of this country is this: most women seem to resent fathers who want their children-to these dads, their kids come first, as they should.

From my personal experiences, women, particularly those who are divorced, seem to be looking for one or more of the following:

1. Mr Movie Star. The guy had to be physically attractive to get their time of day, or else forget it.

2. Mr. Moneybags. The guy has to have loads of money to spend on her, or else forget it.

3. Mr. Pursuit. This guy has to "chase" the woman. For some idiotic reason, far too many women seem to feel that they must be "pursued". Good luck with that, ladies.

I will take my hat off to those of you who failed at the first marriage attempt, and have somehow managed to find "the right one" this time, hopefully, and try it again. I hope it works out for all of you.

In reality, re-marriage seems to happen fairly quickly, within a couple of years, or not at all.

Personally, I have been told by several prospective girlfriends that they and their kids would come first, and "to heck" with mine. I have also been told, by more than one, that she could not possibly stand to have a boyfriend who actually wanted`his' kids at home with him.

In my humble opinion, women, those in Michigan in particular, have a serious attitude problem when it comes to looking for men. Most men will not fall into one of the three categories above-leaving most people single, which is not a bad thing, but is far from what most of us desire.

Mr. "average man" has little, if any, chance out there today. And, if he happens to advocate against the abuses committed by our family courts, he may as well hang it up. I speak with other father advocates who relay the same message to me-they have given up on dating, much less on ever finding a compatible lady to spend their life with.

It seems to me that if this "forced perception" of divorced fathers was brought back to into the realm of reality, that we all would be much better off. This perception is inflicted upon us all by today's media and the courts themselves.

March 16, 2009

Robert Pedersen was interviewed last week on the Omlette and Finster Show on KLT 98.9 FM regarding the current state of child custody and child support laws in Michigan. Title IV-D federal incentives were discussed in great detail.

The website for A Child's Right received a huge traffic spike after the interview concluded. Equal Parenting advocates should always seek media opportunities to get our message out in public.

Angelo Lobo, Director/Producer of the documentary film "Support? System Down", interviewed by Lary Holland on the popular talkshow "Get Your Justice Live". Robert Pedersen chimes in with his support of this effort. An excellent interview on this show!

Listen and find out why Director/Producer Angelo Lobo is so passionate about this film. Be sure to also watch the four trailers for this shocking documentary film.

It is very important that you help support the success of this documentary film. Without your support this movie will not reach national distribution - PLEASE PURCHASE THE SNEAK PEEK DVD NOW. Buying the sneak peek allows you to deduct the cost when the final distribution cut is available. Do you want this documentary film to make it to the mainstream? If so buy it now!

March 08, 2009

If college student Caleb Hogan argues what he truly believes, he stands to lose the most important competition of his life—and the support of his mother. If he softens his stance, he might win the coveted title...but lose the heart of his teammate Rachel in the process.

Come What May is a vivid reminder that choosing what’s right is never easy...but it’s always worth the cost.

March 07, 2009

A Child's Right members are excited to spread awareness of the benefits of Equal Parenting at the upcoming November 7, 2009 Iceman Cometh Challenge Mountain Bike Race. Members will notonly be racing, but they will be spreading equal parenting awareness throughout this event. Special brochures are being made for this event and our mountain bikers will be wearing custom made Equal Parenting Thermal Jerseys.

This race will be rather easy for those cyclists who participated in the 758 mile Equal Parenting Bike Trek. The weather is always unpredictable at this time of year in Michigan. The Iceman Cometh starts in Kalkaska, Michigan and ends 27 miles later in Traverse City, Michigan. Below is a picture of the Iceman Cometh map which cuts through the Pere Marquette State Forest.

If you would like to volunteer and help spread awareness at this event please email Executive Director Darrick Scott-Farnsworth. Support Equal Parenting and already registered for this event? Join us at this event by contacting the email address noted above. Look for updates in October 2009 at Cycling4Children.com

March 04, 2009

Obviously we are thrilled that Protein Wisdom decided to post an article about the upcoming documentary "Support? System Down"! Thousands of Protein Wisdom's readers will be exposed to the brutal family court system here in America and how it is clearly profit driven under Title IV-D.

If you do not read Protein Wisdom on a daily basis you should visit a few days in a row and you will be hooked. It is witty, funny, informative and the topics are numerous enough to capture your attention. Really - you just have to admire the writing at Protein Wisdom!

If you don't think family courts are profit driven and make horrible decisions regarding our children just watch this:

Ron Paul and Campaign for Liberty activists should be all over this one!! The first step in destroying a liberty based society is to weaken the family unit. Read Common Sense Revisited and you will understand my point better.

I am surprised that the Ron Paul and Campaign for Liberty folks have not picked up on how POWERFUL it would be to point out that the systematic attack on the American family is step one in reducing liberties in a free society. Let's just hope they see this post and incorporate this in their messaging.

"The Fourteenth Amendment provides that no State shall 'deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law.' We have long recognized that the Amendment's Due Process Clause like its Fifth Amendment counterpart, 'guarantees more than fair process.' The Clause includes a substantive component that 'provides heightened protection against governmental interference with certain fundamental rights and liberty interest" and "the liberty interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children-is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interest recognized by this Court."

One of the best tools to expose the corruption of America's family courts and the attackon the American family is an upcoming documentary titled "Support? System Down. Most educated people are not aware of the fact that family courts PROFIT by creating a non-custodial parent after a divorce. They also profit by setting child support at the highest possible level; even if it destroys the non-custodial parent. Learn the shocking truth of Title IV-D and how the profit-motivated family court systems are attacking our fundamental liberties, our families and the constitution.

Support? System Down is a high quality, shocking documentary which outlines the attack on families, liberties, and the Constitution. Please review the incredible quality of this movie by viewing the four trailers . My personal favorites are "It's About The Kids" and "Corruption".

Ron Paul, Campaign for Liberty, Equal Parenting and Family Court Reform activists should place their support behind this powerful documentary. The Director/Producer of Support? System Down needs to raise additional funds to mass produce the final cut on DVD.

By helping in these two ways, you can help bring this documentary movie onto a mass produced DVD. It is vital to get this message out to the public and Support? System Down is a powerful way to do just that.

Buy the Sneak Peek DVD now and be sure to enter the code childright at checkout for two dollars off! Mail a copy to your elected officials, a judge, a child custody caseworker, your local child support office, etc.

**Ron Paul, Equal Parenting, Campaign for Liberty and Family Court Reform activists please forward this blog post to all that you know. Even better - blog about Support? System Down and link to this post with the two dollars off code**

Learn more about:

Angelo Lobo - the Producer/Director of Support? System Down Angelo Lobo - Producer/Director

February 24, 2009

In the 2008 election primaries, Ron Paul was treated like a red headed step-child by other Republicans. Perhaps mainstream Republicans still haven't gotten a picture yet - RON PAUL AND HIS SUPPORTERS WILL BE A FORCE TO RECKON WITH IN 2012! Looking back Ron Paul was correct on so many issues we are facing this very moment.

In 11 days 6,337 people voted in an online poll with the question being should Ron Paul run as President in 2012? 93% said yes! However, what is most impressive is the sheer number of people that voted in this online poll AND the 348 people that commented as well.

February 22, 2009

Depeche Mode is back once again with their 12th studio album titled Sounds of the Universe! Depeche Mode recently announced several US tour dates with hopefully more to come.

My wife and I saw Depeche Mode on their US tour for Playing with Angels and it was quite incredible. We saw Depeche Mode play two nights in a row and both concerts we lucked out and had front row seats - it is certainly a night we will never forget.

Further details on Depeche Mode's Sounds of the Universe can be found on Depeche Mode's official website.If you have not heard Depeche Mode or perhaps listened to them a long time ago you should revisit this band because they have only gotten better with time! See below for proof!

December 20, 2008

Michigan Republicans were placed on life support after the 2008 November election. The losses were BEYOND significant. This wave of party destruction could change significantly if Michigan Republican Precinct Delegates support Jack Hoogendyk for Republican Party Chairman.

Many Republicans at both the state and federal level feel that they no longer have a party to call home. Ron Paul Republicans look at the Republican Party and wonder how the train wreck occurred over and over again to the core principles that the Republican Party once stood for.

Don't dismiss the significance of Ron Paul Republicans in Michigan! Ron Paul received 54,475 votes even beating media darlings Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuilani. In fact, ALMOST beating them both in combined votes. The Michigan Ron Paul Republicans numbers have further increased since the launch of Campaign for Liberty in Michigan and across the country. Keep in mind that many NEW Republicans joined the party just to vote for Ron Paul.

There are growing reports of MANY Ron Paul supporting Republican Precinct Delegates making the decision to support Jack Hoogendyk for Party Chair in Michigan. This is excellent news and I would ask for their continued support of Jack Hoogendyk.

In comes Jack...

Jack Hoogendyk will truly help unite a Michigan Republican Party. Jack will draw support of Republicans across the political spectrum and create the positive change needed for victory in Michigan. If you review Jack's voting record it will become clear that he will bring the Michigan Republican Party back to it's core conservative principles, which is precisely how success will begin.

I also strongly believe that Jack Hoogendyk will create the same typeof passion and excitement that Ron Paul did for this party. People loved voting for Jack Hoogendyk as state representative because he was not "wishy-washy" or a Republican in name only (RHINO). You knew where he stands and where he will take this party.

For example, Jack Hoogendyk was a strong supporter of Michigan House Bill 4564 and did not waiver on his support of equal parenting for fit and willing parents. To hear Jack speak about HB4564 was truly an exciting experience - his message was simple - to NOT support equal parenting for fit and willing parents is wrong for BOTH parents - BUT MOST OF ALL WRONG FOR THE CHILDREN. Zerowavering - his position clearly defined in a way anyone could understand.

This is really what Michigan Republicans need to win big once again. All to often, you hear people state that it is becoming difficult to differentiate between Republicans and Democrats in Michigan.

So Michigan Republican Precinct Delegates I urge you to support Jack Hoogendyk for Michigan Republican Party Chair. Visit Jack Hoogendyk's website and voice your support. Be sure to also visit his blog Core Principles which has been excellent to date.

Let Jack Hoogendyk bring ALL Michigan Republicans together to create passion, excitement and most of all VICTORY! The economy in Michigan will most likely become even more challenging than it is currently. EVERY REPUBLICAN needs to understand the changes needed to connect with voters. These changes and core values are clearly defined in this youtube video. This is a must see video all the way to the end. I pray that Michigan Republicans will support Jack Hoogendyk and also LEARN from the wisdom of Ron Paul as documented in the above video.

December 15, 2008

This is easily one of the best youtube videos I have seen in some time. The Republican Party REFUSED to truly listen to Ron Paul Republicans. At every turn they tried to block Ron Paul's access, During debates they made jabs at him to make him seem incompetent.

SADLY, the Republican Party did not listen. In fact, even after the election in a special Republican Party GOP meeting, to essentially move forward after a horrible loss, - Ron Paul was not invited!

Ron Paul was correct and this is a HUGE "told you so moment"! Again will Republicans learn from their mistakes? Many die-hard Republicans are having a difficult time seeing the difference between Republicans and Democrats right now. Listen now Republicans before the economy collapses in 2009-10 and rolls into a Great Depression. Laugh now, make jokes, deny again - Ron Paul Republicans pray that there will never be another "we told you so moment".

This video is INCREDIBLE. It starts out slow and then WOW! Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, and many news reporters really look like fools when you compare the time-line (Before and After) in this video.

Many believe Ron Paul Republicans were just a craze phase and will disappear. GOP if you still think this you will once again lose election after election. While the GOP is still talking Reagan they shouldhave been listening to Ron Paul. Educate yourself and join the Campaign for Liberty now!

American taxpayers are told that we should support the auto industry bailout with our tax dollars. Why the hell should we? The Big 3 are investing more (new investments) in other countries than in the U.S. And how was NAFTA good for us? Congress also wants a federal automaker czar to oversee the auto companies. Sounds like communism to me!

Does this make sense to you? Your tax dollars will be used to bailout POORLY managed companies. Why should incompetence be rewarded with OUR tax dollars? I bet that no part of the bailout includes firing the current CEO's and replacing them! The executives still get to keep their massive bonuses at the end of this deal is my guess. This bailout sounds more and more like the Wall Street bailout - benefiting only a select few!

Why should AMERICAN tax dollars be used to bailout companies which are investing more in foreign countries than here at home?

One example - Ford is asking for a bailout with AMERICAN tax dollars when they are cutting 30,000 jobs in America, while hiring over 150,000 more workers in Mexico. Ford wants a bailout with AMERICAN tax dollars and they announced in 2006 a 9.2 BILLION dollar investment in Mexico. Thus, 15% or 1 in 7 of all unemployed people in Mexico will soon become employed by Ford. This is 3 Billion of the 9.2 Billion.

Are we bailing out the Ford Motor Company which spent close to a Billion dollars to purchase a Romanian car company in 2007? Didn't Ford Motor Company just spend 500 million dollars to expand one of their plants in Thailand? Isn't this the Ford Motor Company that recently invested roughly 28 million dollars in a new research and engineering center in China? And 375 million dollars in Turkey?

So do you REALLY think that this bailout will help Americans? Perhaps you should take a look at the future as presented by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. While watching this ask yourself who this bailout is REALLY benefiting and whether or not NAFTA has hurt the American worker.

WAKE UP AMERICANS! You and your children will be forced to pay taxes on a rising national debt. Contact your U.S. Senator IMMEDIATELY and tell them NO on the U.S. auto bailout! There are reports that the U.S. Senate will be an uphill battle for the U.S. auto bailout.

Will the next meltdown, the third of the 21st Century, trigger a second Great Depression? Or will the 2007-08 crisis simply morph into a painful extension of today's mess to 2011 and beyond, with no new bull market, no economic recovery as our new president hopes?

Perhaps some of the first 29 problems may be solved separately, but collectively, after building on a failed ideology, they spell disaster.

So listen closely to "leading indicator" No. 30:

At a recent Reuters Global Finance Summit former Goldman Sachs chairman John Whitehead was interviewed. He was also Ronald Reagan's Deputy Secretary of State and a former chairman of the N.Y. Fed. He says America's problems will take years and will burn trillions.

He sees "nothing but large increases in the deficit ... I think it would be worse than the depression. ... Before I go to sleep at night, I wonder if tomorrow is the day Moody's and S&P will announce a downgrade of U.S. government bonds." It'll get worse because "the public is not prepared to increase taxes. Both parties were for reducing taxes, reducing income to government, and both parties favored a number of new programs, all very costly and all done by the government."

Reuters concludes: "Whitehead said he is speaking out on this topic because he is concerned no lawmakers are against these new spending programs and none will stand up and call for higher taxes. 'I just want to get people thinking about this, and to realize this is a road to disaster,' said Whitehead. 'I've always been a positive person and optimistic, but I don't see a solution here.'"

We see the Great Depression 2. Why? Wall Street's self-interested greed. They are their own worst enemy ... and America's too.

November 24, 2008

“Whether it’s lending or spending, it’s tax dollars that are going out the window and we end up holding collateral we don’t know anything about..."

“The time has come that we consider what sort of limitations we should be placing on the Fed so that authority returns to elected officials as opposed to appointed ones.”

"The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers, or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago. "

"The unprecedentedpledge of funds includes $2.8 trillion already tapped by financial institutions in the biggest response to an economic emergency since the New Deal of the 1930s, according to data compiled by Bloomberg."

This is how taxpayers and future generations (OUR CHILDREN) become financial slaves to this country's financial debt and reckless spending habits. Americans are being financially raped and this is not by mistake - prepare for this country to hit rock bottom.

Did you know that Billionsof our tax dollars are actively being used to wipe out families?

“The federal incentives drive the system. The more divorces, and the higher the child-support guidelines are set and enforced (no matter how unreasonable), the more money the state bureaucracy collects from the feds. Follow the money. The less time that non-custodial parents (usually fathers) are permitted to be with their children, the more child support they must pay into the state fund, and the higher the federal bonus to the states for collecting the money. "- Phyllis Schlafly - Eagle Forum

November 21, 2008

Truly one of the best films we have seen in some time! MUST SEE! Fireproof The Movie is an excellent film about a couple struggling with the possibility of divorce. An inspirational film for all couples to see.

Fireproof your marriage and stay out of the hell known as family court. An excellent point on this movie - it does NOT place blame on just men like so many mainstream movies, it truly does review both sides husband and wife.

One of the greatest threats to marriages that this movie fails to point out is Title IV-D. However, it makes sense that this was not mentioned because the couple in the story do not have children.

Fireproof - The Movie has already made movie history. Only five times before Fireproof came along had a movie been made on a budget of $500,000 and grossed over $30 million! Proof that Hollywood is missing a serious niche that audiences are demanding.

EXCELLENT film - See it NOW before it leaves the theaters. Below you can click on various tabs to learn more about the movie Fireproof. Be sure to click on "Watch Trailer" below. If you have seen this movie please comment below and tell our readers what you thought of it.

Just a note to remind all of you-many schools have food drives going on this time of year. Even though times are tough for all of us, please do what you can to help these collection drives be successful.

Please remember-families just like yours are having problems putting a proper meal on the table, and many children are not getting enough of the right foods to eat.

The family you help out may be one just down the street-dad may have lost his job due to a layoff or a downsize, and mom may be working part-time still, to try to pay some bills.....

Being a divorced, non-custodial dad, and still unmarried, I am the sole bread winner for myself and my two daughters. I still managed to get a reasonable bag of canned and non-perishable foods for each of my daughters to add to their class' collection for the schools food drive.

November 19, 2008

Excellent article on Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty blog. The most devastating loss in Michigan in November was Tim Walberg's loss to Liberal Mark Schauer. Tim Walberg is a true patriot of liberty, as pointed out in Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty blog, he voted twice against the bailout. The bailout will only mean that taxpayers and their children will become financial slaves to the tax burden created by this bailout.

"Michigan's Tim Walberg lost his seat, too, though. Walberg voted against the Great Robbery both times."

Glad the Campaign for Liberty recognizes Tim Walberg for being a true patriot and one who fights for his constituents. Special thanks for doing this!

As Ron Paul stated there are probably even more bailoutson the horizon which the government will ram down our throats. The greatest loss to Michigan is Tim Walberg. Too bad the National RNC did not have the intelligence to figure this out before the loss.

I personally wrote the RNC a total of five times regarding the need for them to step it up a notch on helping Tim Walberg. Number of times they responded - ZERO.

The Michigan Republicans and the RNC are trying to figure out what happened this election and the direction they should go. GIVE US MORE CANDIDATES LIKE TIM WALBERG AND ONLY THEN WILL YOU SEE REPUBLICANS GOING TO VOTE. More and more I am seeing virtually no difference between Republicans and Democrats.

November 16, 2008

Our children have already been financially raped by the banking bailout as they will surely be responsible for paying the taxes on the massive amount of OUR money spent. Our families and children will soon become financial slaves to even more taxes based on an upcoming bailout of the U.S. auto industry.Contact your elected officials now and tell them NO on the auto industry bailout.

An excellent article, by Marc H. Rudov, that I wanted to share with everyone. "Thou Shall Not Disappont Her" is a must read article. One important point to mention is that women seek 70% of ALL marriage dissolutions, motivated in part by the Title IV-D pot waiting on the other side of family court.

October 28, 2008

Aristotle. Socrates. Plato. Twenty-five hundred plus years is no small amount of history as the foundation for today’s discussion. The three men profiled arguably founded, not only Greek Classical Thought, but also paved the way for thinking in cultures and peoples stretching beyond Europe, Africa and Asia to also Australia, North and South Americas; from as early as 500 BC to the current twenty-first century AD. That forms of thinking- “knowing of what?”- have segregated into various schools of logic remain today is a testament to the brilliance of these three individuals.

The scientific study of interpretation, relegated to its sovereign- truth, is called hermeneutics. Logic is the path to truth, with its vehicle being hermeneutics. The hermeneutic called Ockham’s Razor is the subject for today’s dissection!

Ockham’s Razor has been employed in many contexts with subsequent definitions appropriately affixed. Our working definition will remain as it applies to the law, most especially your case and mine! Our working definition is: "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best." Now let’s set our parameters.

Dominative Narrative:

In law, we often refer to the story as the dominative narrative, which contains as its underpinning the paradigm. This is simply understood in the following example:

Sally and Tom get a divorce. Sally and Tom have three children. Sally and Tom decide upon day care arrangements at XYZ Daycare for their children. XYZ Daycare charges $100/ week per child. Sally and Tom split the costs, despite Sally having greater use, as a result of her being the custodial parent and her having greater parenting time with said children.

Subsequently, after five years, both Sally and Tom become re-married, with each having an additional child. Ironically, both newborns are born only months apart. Additionally, as a result of much court battling, Tom is able to achieve a virtual 50/50 split in the parenting time of the jointly shared children. Both families continue to function, utilizing XYZ Daycare, as both new moms prepare to re-enter the work force. Soon thereafter, Sally’s new husband takes a job promotion and this necessitates Sally and her new hubby to move. The move creates a great distance, too prohibitive for Sally to continue to use XYZ Daycare. As such, she decides, with a newborn now a variable in her considerations, to hire a household employee at $500/ week flat rate to care for both joint children and her newborn. After moving, she informs Tom that she no longer will use the monies, she collects from Tom, to pay XYZ Daycare. Rather, she will utilize said monies to pay the new household employee at her home and that Tom will necessarily need to contribute more to Sally for the additional costs, now $500/ week. This now leaves Tom paying in full any costs that he has at XYZ Daycare when he has the joint children. Sally does not even consider that Tom, himself, has a newborn to plan into his equation.

Sally’s dominative narrative echoes her needs as custodial parent. Her paradigm is that of a victim- custodial mother with children at the mercy of a presumptive deadbeat dad who does not want to care for his children’s expenses.

Tom, who is financially broke, without council for assistance, turns to his local parental rights group for advice and proceeds to Court in Pro Se, armed with Ockham’s Razor, to defeat this injustice. Tom waits for his turn to speak, before the judge, and states the following:

“Sally has proffered a false paradigm of herself as a victim, in order to leverage this Court into granting an unfair award for day care expenses. The true paradigm is rather that Sally has herself chosen not in the best interest of our children and she is unwilling to provide her fair share for our children’s care while victimizing both their father and our children. Here are the facts judge!

The New Narrative:

“Sally moved without my knowledge until after the move was completed, so that her new husband could increase his income. Sally’s move re-located our children many miles away from their actively involved father who virtually has a 50/50 parenting time split with their mother. Sally then chose, not a day care equal to what has always been an acceptable day care for our children, but rather, she chose an improved style of care- nanny, with nanny’s subsequent cost increase, which serves not necessarily the best interest of our children, but rather serves Sally and her new hubby’s best interest. Even more so, Sally has wrongly included the cost for her newborn into the equation, while eliminating my costs still accruing for our children when they are with me; she has not considered the inherent increase of my travelling costs due to her moving; and, she has not added the known costs for day care associated with my newborn, if we are to compare both sides equally.

“Sally’s paradigm is false because according to Ockham’s Razor, ‘the answer that explains all of the facts in the simplest terms is the truth!’ Sally has censored many of the facts. Along with, she has insisted the facts she wants the Court to consider should be interpreted through her supplied paradigm as a victim of me, and as a mother with custody. The truth is found in all the facts explained by the simplest statement. Sally has chosen not in the best interest of our children and she has chosen to increase costs for the care of our children in order to extract greater amounts of money from me.

“This is shown by: She has chosen to distance our children from their father and she has increased, unnecessarily, the cost of our children’s day care through moving by creating the need for two day care arrangements and through hiring a nanny, a more expensive form of day care. On top of that, Sally has found that the additional costs associated with her newborn, that I am not the father of, should be shared by me, while the costs associated with my new born should not be equally shared by her. This, while she completely ignores the remaining costs associated with our children’s day care when they are with me and the increased cost of travelling expenses incurred by me due to Sally’s moving for her husband’s job promotion.

The New Paradigm:

Therefore your Honor, the new paradigm, according to Ockham’s Razor is that Sally operates according to her own self-interest which is towards the increase of her financial status at both the financial and emotional expenses of our children and of their father. I ask that the Court input day care costs at the fixed rate of XYZ Daycare. That Sally and I share these costs now almost twice as much as they used to be. That, neither her newborn, nor my newborn, should be considered in the computation of costs. That Sally re-imburse me half of the costs associated with my additional travels for her moving. And, Orally, I Motion this Court to find a change in circumstances under the MI Custody Act (MCL 722.21 Et, seq.) and Order a hearing in order to determine the Best Interest of our Children!

The findings, published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour, show that those children whose fathers spent more time with them had a higher IQ and were more socially mobile than those who had received little attention.

October 09, 2008

Citizen Cope may be the best kept secret in music today, however we don't expect this secret to last for long. Citizen Cope is by far the most original music out in the music scene, which is driving strongly devoted fans to his sold out concerts. Radio stations seem to scratch their heads in confusion because they just don't know how to classify Citizen Cope's music. But the fans do!

While radio station managers continue being confused and miss out on all the fun; Citizen Cope has aggressively toured the U.S. bringing new fans in by the droves. Not just "music fans"! But "Cope fans" dedicated to this amazing music with an intensity that tells you Citizen Cope will very soon no longer be a cool secret among original music lovers.

Last year I spoke with several Citizen Cope fans at a concert and they seemed conflicted in a way that shows their true devotion. Citizen Cope is their musical secret which they dread mainstream music executives eventual attempts at diluting such original music. On the other hand, they have a sense of appreciation for the hard work and amazing talent that Citizen Cope places not only in the music but also for genuine appreciation of the fans - SO they want Cope to break out big!

Citizen Cope's prior record labels seemed almost clueless at promoting his music/albums. Radio station managers and record labels execs may be confused as if they sniffed too much glue as a child, but one thing is for sure Citizen Cope's fans are not in any way confused about the this incredible talent.

Experiencing a Citizen Cope concert is like no other! If it is your first time you will find yourself looking around at the crowd amazed by the number of fans singing WORD FOR WORD on every single song. You will be literally stunned as Citizen Cope, also known as Clarence Greenwood, weaves different genres of music together in a way that is both pleasing and hard to believe that it can actually be pulled off. Is it Rock, Rap, Jazz, Blues, Folk or Reggae that you are hearing?

Nope! It's just music's best kept secret - Citizen Cope!

The ultimate in music pleasure is hearing Citizen Cope and Alice Smith sing together on stage at a concert. Who is Alice Smith? Now come on - we can't give away all of our musical secrets! OK we will share one more.

Citizen Cope just launched a new website and is currently on tour doing an acoustic solo performance throughout the U.S. Citizen Cope has a brand new acoustic album that will coming out in December just in time for the holidays.